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Licensing

All about Graphisoft ID and licenses: Education, Demo, and more

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CodeMeter (hardware and software-based) are protection keys for Archicad and other Graphisoft products. A protection key is necessary to run Archicad and other Graphisoft products in commercial mode. During the installation of Archicad, CodeMeter driver will be installed. Wh...

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What is a License Pooling? License pooling (aka Floating licensing or Network licensing) is a software licensing option available for customers with NET licenses, allowing several users on the same TCP/IP network to share access to product licenses provided by one or many ce...

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CodeMeter hardware license keys shipped by GRAPHISOFT before 2018 are using KEXT 3G (Kernel Extension) as a default for communication with the CodeMeter Driver. With the release of macOS 10.13, Apple introduced a strict policy where 3rd party USB devices which use Kernel Ext...

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This article is aimed at helping Archicad users with network licenses to be able to work from home. Graphisoft is actively researching this topic and will update this article with any further possibilities to enable even more flexible options for the home use of Network lice...

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This article describes the basics of setting up a key-based license server, with a collection of links to the related articles. Basic information about the difference between Single and NET key, can be found in the Licensing Basics - License Types, Methods and Applications a...

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In case you would like to use network licenses (e.g. instead of single licenses) first you need a CodeMeter hardware key or software key. Contact your local Graphisoft partner to order one or to exchange your existing single key(s). About the available license types see: Arc...

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Running a CodeMeter network server - accessible over the Internet - may be useful if an office has more subsidiaries or a large number of workers working from home. With this solution they can use a central license key. The Wibu version of this article can be found here, wit...

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Error code 101 Protection key not found or not valid Possible causes CodeMeter key is not connected to the computer The USB slot is not working properly There are missing USB drivers There is no network connection or ARCHICAD can not locate the license on the server Error Co...

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In case of having problems with your CodeMeter software protection first check the error code Archicad gives here. If you could not find the solution there, please contact your reseller with a detailed description of the error and attach the following details: CmDust log Usi...

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Check the error codes Archicad gives The error code Archicad gives can help you to discover the problem, also here you can find a collection about the most typical problem with solutions: CodeMeter/ErrorCodes Known Issues In this article you can find a collection about the d...

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What is a Software Key? Software-Based Protection Keys - or Software Keys for short - have the same functionality as Hardware-based Protection Keys, but instead of storing software licenses on a USB stick, the licenses are stored in a software container file on your computer...

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